• Spinach Dip Pasta

    Spinach dip pasta has all the creamy, garlic-y, Parmesan goodness you love about the spinach dip appetizer! Spinach dip is one of my favorite appetizers to order out. It’s creamy and usually loaded with Parmesan, which — in my book — you can’t have enough of. The best spinach dips…

  • Instant Pot Chili

    Instant Pot chili tastes like you’ve made a batch that’s simmered all day long — and surprise! — it’s ready in less than an hour. Yesterday I made my first batch of Instant Pot chili. It was Sunday and FREEZING (actually, below freezing) and I was home all day long, so…

  • Instant Pot Chicken Stock

    This homemade chicken stock is ready in an hour, thanks to the Instant Pot, and tastes just like a slow cooked stock that’s been simmering away for hours and hours. I’ve been watching friends rave about their pressure cookers for years, noticing in the past couple an extreme fondness for…

  • Avocado Chicken Salad

    This simple recipe is chock full of flavor with generous chunks of ripe avocado and savory cubed roast chicken. Avocado chicken salad is great eaten on its own, or atop toasted crusty bread to make a hearty, delectable sandwich! The other day I roasted a chicken. It’s not an uncommon…

  • The 10 Best Things About Picking Maryland Crabs

    Obviously there are plenty of places along the East Coast (and around the world, for that matter) where you can enjoy a fine plate of fresh seafood. Even with all that at our fingertips, there is nothing — I repeat, nothing — that can bring a Marylander more joy than picking…

  • Lasagna Rolls in a Cast Iron Skillet

    Lasagna rolls in a cast iron skillet are a simple and tasty way to tweak your traditional Italian casserole recipe. Using jarred sauce as a base means you can spend less time cooking, and more time drinking a glass of wine, binge-watching a favorite show, or catching up on laundry.…